Colman, Silvie; Joyce, Ted - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011
This article describes the effects of enforcement of the Woman's Right to Know Act, a Texas law requiring that all …, none of the 54 nonhospital abortion providers in Texas met the requirements of a surgical center. The number of abortions … performed in Texas at or after 16 weeks' gestation dropped 88 percent, from 3,642 in 2003 to 446 in 2004, and the number of …